14 Most Anticipated PC Games of E3 2014

Could we see new Batman, Mirror's Edge, and Mass Effect games?

E3 2014 is nearly upon us and with the new consoles firmly into their sophomore year, we’re expecting to see an even bigger explosion of games. While many studios only teased their games last year, they may finally showcase actual gameplay at this year’s expo in Los Angeles. Maximum PC will be on the scene to catch all the new games and hardware, but we just wanted to share with you the 14 most anticipated PC games of E3 2014 that we're hoping to see.

What are you looking forward to at E3 2014? Let us know in the comments below!

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PC Games of E3 2014

Batman Arkham Knight: It might have just been delayed to 2015, but Arkham Knight will most likely appear at E3 2014. In the game, Batman is back and he has a Battank...er car armed to the teeth. Rocksteady has confirmed Arkham Knight is its last game in the Arkham universe. With that in mind, the series should go off with a bang as Batman takes on Scarecrow, Two Face, the Penguin, and all of Gotham's usual super-villain suspects.

Battlefield Hardline: Despite the lingering problems still plaguing Battlefield 4, Visceral Games is developing Hardline as yet another off shoot of the Battlefield series. This time the game seems to be based around cops and robbers judging from a leaked trailer. Going along with the Pay Day-esque theme, it appears players will play as robbers breaking into banks, while the cops attempt to stop them through any means necessary.

Star Wars: Battlefront: DICE might not be working on a new Battlefield entry, but Star Wars Battlefront is still up in the air for a full showing in LA next week. While there’s little known about the game other than the fact that DICE is developing the title using the Frostbite 3 engine, we’re hoping the final game will be a mix of Battlefield 2142 and the original Battlefront series.

Alien: Isolation: Creating an Alien game just as terrifying as the original movie is tough, but Isolation hopes to make players scream in virtual space by taking away all their weapons. Set up as a complete survival horror experience, players will only have their wits to survive.

Mirror’s Edge 2: Everyone’s cult favorite parkour simulator could make a full appearance this year. We only caught a glimpse of the game with an E3 teaser trailer last year but even that small snippet was enough to get our hopes up. Rumors say it could be an open-world game with an always-online, drop-in/drop-out multiplayer component; allowing other runners to enter the world at anytime.

BattleCry: What would World War I be like without guns? Probably just as bloody, and BattleCry is out to prove it. Instead of being your run-of-the-mill team-deathmatch shooter, BattleCry will pit 32 players against each other armed with only swords, crossbows, and metal fisticuffs.

Call of Duty Advanced Warfare: Yes it’s essentially the 11th installment of the Call of Duty series—but exoskeletons! The Call of Duty series is jumping to the future again complete with personal power suits and robot suits, all of which should add a superhuman winkle to the typical run and gun action of the series. Don’t forget about the virtual Kevin Spacey who seems to fill in the political intrigue element for this CoD.

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt: Geralt might be a grizzled and seasoned witcher, but in his last adventure he'll step into a world that makes Skyrim look puny by comparison. CD Projekt Red promises it's making a dangerous living open world that's 30 times larger than its previous creations! Wild Hunt also plans to bring dismemberment into combat and over 100 hours of combined story and side quests.

Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number: The original Hotline Miami was a gruelingly difficult drug-fueled murder trip and the second game only promises to make things even more difficult. With a new hard mode, players will face off against tougher enemies as the game takes away abilities like locking onto enemies. Hotline Miami 2 itself will take place before and after the events of the original game.

Mortal Kombat X: The Mortal Kombat X leaked a little bit ahead of its planned announcement but the game still looks just as brutally violent as it’s always been. So far we've seen Subzero’s freeze attacks, Scorpion’s chained kunai and the return of bone breaking X-Ray attacks. Now we can only hope the announcement trailer is indicative of just how great and moody the game will actually look when it’s played.

Civilization Beyond Earth: Sid Meier's Civilization series is leaving home. Beyond Earth will take the series off planet for the first time ever to colonize alien planets, find new life, and all that star-trekian goodness. While it will be sad not to have Gandi as your historical homeboy anymore, the new game will give players the power to shape the future of humanity.

Dying Light: Although it’s not technically labeled Dead Island, Dying Light will be the spiritual successor to Techland’s zombie survival series. Zombie killing and customizable weapons are sure to make a return, but Dying Light will also introduce parkour. Just make sure to head inside when night falls, as the undead become even more viciously dangerous.

Mass Effect 4: This last one is a wildcard but it’s still one we’d love to see drawn at E3 2014. Bioware hasn’t officially announced the existence of the next Mass Effect game but multiple BioWare employees have tweeted teasing statements suggesting the development of a new game in the series. It's unlikely Shepard or any of the original crew will make an appearance but the next Mass Effect should keep all the sci-fi shooting action with moral decisions, and maybe a bit of romance too.

Comments

Mass Effect is a console port and a mediocre one at that. I've never understood the popularity of the franchise. I can only imagine that its fans have never read any science fiction books in their entire lives, because the plot lines -- the games' usually cited strength -- are derivative, predictable and cliche.

No, that's not true: they were derivative, predictable and cliche in 1970. In the 21st century they're coma-inducing.

How is Bad Company not a Battlefield game? You had huge maps with vehicles! Unlike BF3 most of the buildings were destroyable. It actually had a single player campaign that was somewhat enjoyable. Bad Company 2's MP is my favorite one out of all the BF's... well the Hard Core mode(I can only enjoy hard core modes on military shooters). Just because they made a fictional universe it doesn't deserve the name of Battlfield?

Single player is a run of the mill joke. Originals had a single player versions of multiplayer.

A couple of tanks only.

Play Battlefield 1942, 2, 2142 as they are Battlefield as they should be.

So many problems with what you just said. Bad company 1 and 2 are fun, but they are the opposite of Battlefield. Bad Company looked more like a test of the new engine then a series continuation. Battlefield 4 is fairly close, but it has issues that need work, and improvements in 5.

I say Meh as well, I don't know if it is do to getting older or the sense that I've been there, done that with most of these games already. However, Battlefront has peeked my interest as I'm a long time Star Wars fan and most games from the genre never delivered what I wanted from the IV,V and VI movie list. Here's hoping this version does!